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Roy Hodgson confirmed as England manager

The Football Association of England has confirmed Roy Hodgson as the new manager responsible for the English national team a in 4 year deal which … Continue reading Roy Hodgson confirmed as England manager


The Football Association of England has confirmed Roy Hodgson as the new manager responsible for the English national team a in 4 year deal which will end after the conclusion of Euro 2016.

It was agreed that he will not be leaving West Brom his present club just yet but until the club plays its last two games to end the English Premier League as the management of West brom and the English FA agreed to conclude Hodgson’s deal.

The English FA earlier in the day a statement was released confirming the new deal with the 64-year old today at 4pm.

Roy Hodgson took Switzerland to the FIFA World Cup in 1994 – their first Finals competition for 28 years and he also achieved a FIFA ranking of third in the world as well as successfully qualifying the Switzerland for Euro 96.”

West Brom has been left in a limbo now and serious search for a replacement of their former coach as the club management expressed disappointment despite agreeing with the coach to leave the club. However club Chairman (West Brom), Jeremy Peace says the management would have liked him to sign a new contract with club and talks were already in process.

May 13th which will mark West Bromwich’s last game for the season will also mark the departure of Roy Hodgson as the head coach of West Bromwich Albion.

Background

Roy Hodgson was born 9 August 1947.

He has managed sixteen different teams in eight countries one of which was the Switzerland national team that he guided to the last 16 of the 1994 World Cup and qualification for Euro 1996; Switzerland had not qualified for a major tournament since the 1960s.

From 2006 to 2007, he managed the Finland national team, guiding them to their highest ever FIFA ranking of 33rd place, and coming close to qualifying for a major tournament for the first time in their history.

He has been the beaten finalist in the UEFA Cup, with Inter Milan in 1997 and the UEFA Europa League with Fulham FC in 2010.

Hodgson has also coached many notable club sides including, Blackburn Rovers, Grasshoppers, FC Copenhagen, Udinese and Liverpool.

He has served several times as a member of UEFA’s technical study group at the European Championships, and was also a member of the FIFA technical study group at the 2006 World Cup.

Hodgson speaks five languages and has worked as a television pundit in several of the countries in which he has coached.